*Sirika Urges CBN to Pay Airlines’ Blocked Funds, Make Forex Available to Oil Marketers to Import Aviation Fuel *Minister Calls for Review of COVID-19 Protocols to Enhance Air Travel President Muhammadu Buhari said that his administration has prioritised infrastructure development to spur the creation of jobs and boost the nation’s economy and has directed the […]
All is now set for the commissioning of the newly built international terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. The brand new, world-class international terminal is one of five, being built in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano and Enugu, in a bilateral arrangement between the Federal Government of Nigeria, and […]
The continuous enforcement of PCR tests for Nigerian air travellers by the federal government, has become a source of concern for air travellers from Nigeria. The concern is coming at a time when many countries including the US, UK and Saudi Arabia have relaxed COVID-19 restrictions, including dropping PCR test for travelling public. In Nigeria, […]
Recently six Nigerian airlines announced that they want to work together in a partnership dubbed Spring Alliance. The announcement was received with excitement and anxiety by the industry. It was received with excitement because it is believed that one of the major challenges that dogged the airlines in the past has been their inability to […]
With rising price of aviation fuel, depreciating naira and high airfares, which has depleted passenger traffic, experts fear that some Nigerian carriers may go aground. Many airlines that went under in Nigeria did so at operational crisis point, and this could happen during scarcity of aviation fuel, high exchange rate, some inimical government policies that […]
